Bradley Staples

Bradley Allen Staples, 22, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Evangel Temple Assembly of God Church with Rev. Ken Davidson and Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Bruce Cromer, Zach Herendeen, Horace "Bubba" Alday, Roger Nichols, Robbie Mullis, Lee Howard, and Donald Moore, Jr. serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends Friday, September 26, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692. Bradley was born October 31, 1985 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Raymond Allen Staples and Arleen Moore Stephens. He was a truck driver for Decatur Fish Farm and a member of Evangel Temple Assembly of God. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Donald Moore, Sr. and paternal grandparents, Elwin Staples and Libby Staples. Survivors include his wife, Rachael M. Staples of Cairo, GA; his daughter, Payton Analeigh Staples of Bainbridge, GA; his parents, Raymond Staples and his wife Pam of Bainbridge, GA and Arleen Stephens and her husband J.L. of Donalsonville, GA; three sisters, Tina Staples, Amy Miller and Debbie Buckhalter all of Donalsonville, GA; three brothers, Tanner Hyatt and Billy Smith both of Bainbridge, GA and Dustin Stephens of Donalsonville, GA; his maternal grandmother, Edna Moore of Donalsonville, GA; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.